Thesaurus results for PRIORITY

priority

noun

prī-ˈȯr-ə-tē

as in precedence

the right to one's attention before other things considered less important the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning

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Recent Examples of priority Preparing for potential disease outbreaks involves increasing global disease surveillance, using predictive models to determine which pathogens should be a research priority and creating action plans for when potential outbreaks are detected. —

K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026 This episode has exposed Moore’s true priorities. —

Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026 In tackling a nearly $9 million conversion of offices to apartments above the Society Room in downtown Hartford, one of the first priorities for the developers was to check out the upper floors when there was a wedding. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 These unions, whose members have different priorities and separate contracts, are betting that their powerful triumvirate will benefit all. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for priority

Recent Examples of Synonyms for priority

precedence

Noun

Legal experts, however, say the charges will likely be dropped due to the lack of precedence for tying the protection of worshippers to the FACE Act, which was passed in 1994 to bolster protections for women seeking safe access to reproductive health clinics.

— Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Pattinson and Zendaya are great in it, but the twist and the moral quandary that comes with it are going to take precedence.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026